Post Harvest Survey 2003-2004
Zambia, 2005
Identification
ZMB_2003_PHS_v01_M
Post Harvest Survey 2003-2004
For Small and Medium Scale Holdings
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Zambia | ZMB |
Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]
The 2003/2004 Post-Harvest Survey was the twelfth to be conducted after the 1990/92 National Census of Agriculture.
The general objectives for the Post-Harvest Survey (PHS) which is undertaken annually include:
- Provision of annual agricultural data that helps to facilitate comprehensive analysis of the agricultural sector's contribution to the national economy, on annual basis;
- Development of the Agricultural Statistics Management Information System (ASMIS) to a level such that it accommodates advances in information technology; and,
- Provision of annual agricultural data that is useful for generation of performance indicators to facilitate interventions by Government, donors and NGOs.
The report specifically contains information on:
Provision of actual figures pertaining to:
- Area planted to individual crops;
- Production quantities;
- Sales of produce and income realized;
- Purchase and use of agricultural inputs;
- Capital formation and other operational expenses;
- Demographic characteristics of heads of rural households;
- Farming practices and soil conservation methods used;
- Access to agricultural loans; and,
- Access to market prices information and agricultural extension services in general.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Agricultural holding household
Version
2006-04
No changes to original version
Scope
The scope of the survey included information on the household charateristics, farmland and use, fields in crop mixture, crop sales and stocks and cassava marketing.
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| land use and planning [10.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| plant and animal distribution [9.4] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| agricultural, forestry and rural industry [2.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
National coverage
The survey covered households for small and medium scale farmers
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistical Office | Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zambia |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives | Technical assistance in the preparations of survey activities |
| Food Security Project | Technical assistance in the preparations of survey activities |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Government of the Republic of Zambia | Funded the study |
Sampling
The sampling frame of Standard Enumeration Areas (SEAs) was constructed using the results from the 2000 Census of Population and Housing. Within each district, the SEAs were stratified by predominant crop in order to ensure a representative sample for each crop. The SEAs were then sorted by geographic codes to ensure that geographical distribution of the sample SEAs is also representative. The sampling frame included all rural SEAs. In addition, urban SEAs, which had 70% or more agricultural households according to the Census, were included in the frame.
A two-stage sample scheme was adopted. At the first stage, an allocated proportional number in each province and district was selected using Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) selection procedure. The measure of size was the number of agricultural households (as listed in the Census) in each SEA. A sample of 410 SEAs was selected from a total of 12,789 SEAs. 20 households were selected from each of the 410 SEAs.
The household was the second stage-sampling unit. First all households in each Sample SEA were listed and agricultural households were identified. To improve the precision of the survey estimates, the agricultural households were stratified into three (3) categories- A, B and C, based on total area under crops, presence of some specified crops and on numbers of cattle, goats and chickens raised. A number of households were selected from each category using systematic random sampling method, coming up with a total of twenty (20) sample households in each Sample SEA
There was no deviation from sample design.
The response rate was 100 percent.
Survey instrument
The 2003/2004 PHS questionnaires were used to collect information on the following:
- Name of the village/locality;
- Household serial number (assigned by the Enumerator during listing);
- Name of the head of household;
- Sex and age of head of household;
- Household population, i.e., number of members of households by sex and age;
- Type of agricultural activity the household is involved in;
- Fertilizer acquisition and use;
- Crop production and sales;
- Vegetable and fruit production and sales;
- Livestock and poultry production and marketing;
- Household Production Assets/implements;
- Food purchases and food aid/relief for home consumption;
- Health and deaths: past 3 months and past five years;
- Crop Management - input application and tillage methods;
- Crop rotation and irrigation.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2005-03 | 2005-04 |
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2003-10 | 2004-09 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistical Office | Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zambia |
The Central Statistical Office (CSO) comprises four (4) divisions operationally by subject matter area. Among these Divisions is the Agriculture and Environment Division. The Agriculture and Environment Division was responsible for planning and execution of the 2003/2004 Post-Harvest Survey.
The Regional Statistician in each province oversaw the fieldwork. The provincial head was assisted by a number of supervisors. The overall field work force was 18 Regional Statisticians, 9 Provincial Statistical Officers, 40 supervisors and 204 enumerators. Besides the provincial staff, Master Trainers assisted in the supervision of fieldwork. These were drawn from CSO and MACO -Policy and Planning Division (PPD).
Field Supervision
The Central Statistical Office (CSO) comprises four (4) divisions operationally by subject matter area. Among these Divisions is the Agriculture and Environment Division. The Agriculture and Environment Division was responsible for planning and execution of the 2003/2004 Post-Harvest Survey.
The Regional Statistician in each province oversaw the fieldwork. The provincial head was assisted by a number of supervisors. The overall field work force was 18 Regional Statisticians, 9 Provincial Statistical Officers, 40 supervisors and 204 enumerators. Besides the provincial staff, Master Trainers assisted in the supervision of fieldwork. These were drawn from CSO and MACO –Policy and Planning Division (PPD).
Training
Professional officers from both CSO and MACO-PPD conducted training of supervisors and enumerators. Regional Statisticians/Provincial Statistical Officers assisted them in the task. The master trainers played a major role in the training of staff. The training of supervisors and enumerators were done jointly.
Data processing
Supervisors and some enumerators based at provincial headquarters edited the questionnaires. The edited questionnaires were entered on microcomputers using a software package known as CSpro. Data capturing was accomplished at each provincial centre. Initial computer data processing was done at the provincial headquarters using CSpro software. Staff in Agriculture and Environment Division based at CSO headquarters did further data computer processing.
Consistency checks on the output of the raw data, with reference to the source documents, were applied before final weighted tables at district and provincial levels were produced. The software used for analysis was Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), while Microsoft Excel was used for data tabulation.
Access policy
National Data Archive, Central Statistical Office of Zambia
National Data Archive, Central Statistical Office of Zambia
http://www.zamstats.gov.zm/nada/index.php/catalog/46
Cost: None
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Statistical Office | Ministry of Finance and National Planning | http//www.zamstats.gov.zm | info@zamstats.gov.zm |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | Confidentiality of respondents is guaranteed under the provisions of the Census and Statistics Act, CAP 127 of the laws of Zambia. |
The Director of the Central Statistical Office has to authorise access to information. Before being granted access to the dataset or any other information produced by CSO, all users have to formally agree to the following:
- To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the Central statistical Office.
- Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment or sampling unit not identified on public use data files
- To hold in the strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in the user's analysis will be immediately brought to the attention of the Central Statistical office.
- The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only.
- The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organisation without the written agreement of the CSO.
Central Statistical Office, PHS 2003/4, Version 1.0 April 2006, provided bt the Central Statistical Office http://www.zamstats.gov.zm
Disclaimer and copyrights
All CSO products are protected by copyright. Users may apply the information as they wish, provided that they acknowledge CSO as the source of the basic data whenever they process, apply, utilize, publish or distribute the data, and also that they specify that the relevant application and analysis (where applicable) result from their own processing of the data .CSO and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Statistical Office | Ministry of Finance and National Planning | info@zamstats.gov.zm | http://www.zamstats.gov.zm |
Metadata production
DDI_ZMB_2003_PHS_v02_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Central Statistical Office | Ministry of Finance and National Planning | Carried out the survey |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives | Technical Support |
2009-04-22
Metadata version
Edited version, the original (Version 1.0 (April 2009)) DDI (DDI-ZAM-PHS-2004-v1.0) was downloaded from National Data Archive, Central Statistical Office of Zambia (http://www.zamstats.gov.zm/nada/index.php/home) on December 2014. The following DDI elements have been modified: DDI Document ID, survey ID, and Note on Data Collections.